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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 98
BY SENATORS JOHNS AND MORRISH AND REPRESENTATI VES DANAHAY,
GEYMANN, HENSGENS AND KLECKLEY
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To express support of and to provide authority for actions by the Board of Supervisors of
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College for the strategic
collaboration among the division of administration, the Department of Health and
Hospitals, and the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College in planning for a new model of health care
delivery in the Lake Charles region.
WHEREAS, a sudden reduction in federal funding for the Louisiana Medicaid
program was included in a sweeping transportation bill passed by the United States Congress
and signed into law on July 6, 2012, and resulted in a net decrease of over eight hundred fifty
million dollars in the Medicaid budget for the current state fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the dramatic cut to Medicaid funding, the Department of
Health and Hospitals (department) is addressing the shortfall by eliminating funding for state
hospitals operated by the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College; and
WHEREAS, the department has led the development of public-private partnerships
for the delivery of health services at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College (LSU) hospital facilities by private health care enterprises, with the
terms and conditions for such service delivery to be set forth in cooperative endeavor
agreements among the state, LSU, and private providers; and
WHEREAS, the state, LSU, and Lake Charles Memorial Hospital intend to enter into
a cooperative endeavor agreement to formalize a collaboration to improve access to health
care in the Lake Charles area; and SCR NO. 98 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, the cooperative endeavor agreement includes a provision to cease
inpatient care and emergency room services at the W.O. Moss Medical Center in Lake
Charles, Louisiana, which is currently operated by LSU; and
WHEREAS, the W.O. Moss Medical Center currently maintains and operates ten
hospital beds for inpatient care and an active emergency room; and
WHEREAS, the legislature recognizes the need to maintain and continue proper
health care in the Lake Charles area, including inpatient and emergency care; and
WHEREAS, the legislature recognizes, and the cooperative endeavor agreement will
provide, that the inpatient and emergency care currently provided at the W.O. Moss Medical
Center will be provided by the Lake Charles Memorial Hospital; and
WHEREAS, the cooperative endeavor agreement will provide that Lake Charles
Memorial Hospital build a new medical facility adjacent to the W.O. Moss Medical Center
that, when completed, will house an outpatient clinic; and
WHEREAS, the outpatient services currently provided at the W.O. Moss Medical
Center will be transferred to the new outpatient clinic built adjacent to the W.O. Moss
Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, the legislature recognizes that the closure of the inpatient beds and the
emergency room at the W.O. Moss Medical Center requires authorization by the legislature
through a concurrent resolution pursuant to R.S. 17:1519.3.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
endorse and express support of the actions by the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State
University and Agricultural and Mechanical College with regard to the delivery of health
care services in the Lake Charles region.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
endorse and support the ongoing and strategic collaboration among the Board of Supervisors
of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the state, and Lake
Charles Memorial Hospital to close the inpatient beds and emergency room at the W.O.
Moss Medical Center.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution constitutes legislative approval,
in accordance with the requirements of R.S. 17:1519.3, for the closure of the inpatient beds SCR NO. 98 ENROLLED
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and emergency room at the W.O. Moss Medical Center.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
governor, the commissioner of administration, the secretary of the Department of Health and
Hospitals, and the chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES